RFC 5930 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010

Using Advanced Encryption Standard Counter Mode with the Internet Key Exchange version 02 Protocol

Overview

RFC 5930, “Using Advanced Encryption Standard Counter Mode with the Internet Key Exchange version 02 Protocol”, is an Informational document published in July 2010 by S. Shen, Y. Mao, NSS. Murthy. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes the usage of Advanced Encryption Standard Counter Mode (AES-CTR), with an explicit Initialization Vector, by the Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2) protocol, for encrypting the IKEv2 exchanges that follow the IKE_SA_INIT exchange. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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